Car-axle-brass replacer.



CHARLES tion, arrangement,

- UNITED STATES PATENT t FICE, l NORMAN E. FINCH AND CHARLES D. BROWN,T0F COUNCIL BLUFFS, i CAB-A-xLE-BnAss REPLACER.

Speciiication.of' Letters Patent. Patented Aug. 14. 1908;

Application filed August 3, 1905. Serial No. 272,607.

it may concern: that we, NORMAN E. FINCH and D; BROWN, citizens oftheUnited States, residing at Council Bluiis, in 'the county ofPottawattamie and State of Iowa, ave invented a certain new and usefulOare-Brass Replacer, of which the following is a specification. Y

.To all whom Be it known these portions of a car.y Our improvementcomprises a base the lower end of which (indicate he object'ofourinvention is to providea numeral 18) is designed' to rest fiat on thedevice of this kin simple, durable, andl outer end of a railwa tie. Thecentral portionof the baseis inclined at an'angle of about twenty-fivedegrees relative to the bottom-of the base and is indicatdby the numeral19. In surface' are a number of j u per end lit is rounded andprovided-with as ar ened downwardly- .projecting portion 21. ase portionis of such sizeand shape that the be placed. against the rim 17 of acar-wheel adjacent to the point'- where the car-wheel ,engages the rail,andthe other end of the base .may rest upon the outer wa -tie, as shownin 1, thus leaving 'the linc ed portion of the base standing at an angleof about twenty-five degrees relative .to a horizontal line.

he ortion of our device that is designed to lift t e oil-box is ofthegeneral type known as hydraulic jack and is adapted for use inconnection with the b thevwork for which it is mtended as follows: Thebody portion, which complete 1n one piece, comprises averticallyarrangedcylindrical portion 21a and a cylindrical Screwe small assage-Wa said tue and wit dricalY chamber extending lfrom wayf24 downwardly to thebottom of't e' art 21. Slidingly mounted within this cylindrical chamberis a cylindrical block 25, having at its' top a packing-washer 26, heldVin place by the screw 27.- t ma ly rojects below the ta ere i)toa point`at 28. v he top 'of the part 21a projects above the top of the part 22and is preferably fiat at 29. Screwed to. the other end ca thlpeadedshaft 31, withone Ain the tube 23 and e, and when thus applied a ro--tatlon of a crank Will elevate the C11-box and axle from being elevated,hat access. may be had to the brasses on top of the axle to remove andreplace them. A l j Ourl invention consists in the .construcandcombination of the of a device by which the objects contemplated areattained, as hereinafter more fully set forth, pointed out in ourclaims, illustrated inthe accompanying drawings, in

part 21 ma Figure 1 shows 'anen'd elevation of a part` of a car restingupon rails, a portion of one of the car-wheels and one of the oil-boxesbeing shown in section. Said figure illustrates our of thev carpositionready for the removal of the brasses. Fi 2 shows a. longitudinalsectional view 0% our improvement with the base omitted. Fig. 3 shows adetail perspective view of the base portion of our device alone.Referring to the accompanying drawings, we have used thereference-numeral 10. t'o indicate that' portion of the car shown in thedrawings. 11. indicates the car-axle fixed to the wheels 12, and eachend is provided with a projecting journal 13 near its end and with anannular collar 14 at its end.v l l ASurrounding each journal is anoil-box 15, connected tothe car proper and designed -to rest upon thebrasses 16, which `in turn are u on' the journal 13. -On the outer faceo the car-wheel 12 is an annular, rim'17, projecting outwardly near theperiphery of the wheel.

into the part 22 1s a tube 23, and a 24 communicates with end insertedwith- (portion 22 at right angles to it.

a relatively large Cylin..

provided with a packing- IOWA.

end of a railj ase portion and for is preferably formed i 9 the passa e-IOO of the tube 23 isa 30,'and seated in this cap is a screwv g seance ywasher 32. On the other end of the shaft 31 tion formediwith a downwardprojeption to is' a' crank 33. The interior of the tube 23, engage aange on the outer surface of a carassage-way 24, and the cylindricalchamber whee in the part is to be iilled with oil. The inte- 3. In adevice of the class described, a base rior diameter of the tube 23 ismateriallyless portion` comprising an outer end shaped to than thatofthe cy drical chamber in whic rest upon a support, a body portioninclined the block 25 is mounted, and hence when the shaft 31 is screwedinto the tube 23 the pressure applied to the oil therein will be greatlyincreased as applied to the block 25, according to the well knownprinciples o hydraulic j In practical use and assuming -that for somereason it is desirable to remove and're- `place the 'brasses in one ofthe oil-boxes of a car the Ioperator {irstplacesthe base portion inengagement with the wheel and with the 'outer end of railway-tie orother support. He then places the points 280i the block in one of thenotches 20 and places 'the top of the art 21" immediately undervtheoil-box. Oiloxes'of this kind vary in size and in distance from thebottom'of thewheel. Hence the 4desirability)7 of providing a base withnotches, said ase arrangedon such an in- 'oline that oneor the `other ofsaid notches will be in proper position to receive the pein't'28v andpermit t e part 29 to approximately en- .gagathe under ace of theoil-box.

- en the' device has been thus placed in. position, itis onlynecessatorth'e operator to the vcrank 33 in 'or er to elevate thehorizontally-arranged cy drical portion beoil-box, and with it thecar-frame to which ittween the ends of the vertically-arranged isattached, while the wheel and the axle are d near thetop thereof, andformed 3 5 firmly helddow-n against the rail, and in this with a smallpassage-way communicating osltion the braSSeS may with the cylindricalchamber and cylindrical and replaced. block in saidv h itsI'the-oilhboic atone s de of the car should. lower end projecting beyondthe-chamber be elevated. without 'providing means for and afpackrngdevice at its upper end, 4o hol down the wheel, the weight o'f thecommunicating with the car-bo would be thrown upon the other screwedinto the horizon y-'arranged cylineiid of t, e axle would cause the axleto dricalportion, a screw-cap onits outer end, a tilt until it 'reacheda p osit on parallel with 'shaft seated -in the screw-cap, .a packing onY the lcar-body Hence -in o rder to provide one endof the shaft, a crankon t e other end free access to 'the b rasses itis necessa that thereof,and a liquid contained the 'an apparatus of this kind, comprising oth atube,'. sssage-'way and cy i means "for elevati the voil-box anda means6. Ilia device ofthe class described'a jack for holding down t e axle, be provided. comprising a body portion formed complete Having thusdescribed our invention, what in one v'piece and comprising a verticall-arwe=claim,rand desire to .secure by L etters P-atranged cylindricalportion with a cyln ical font-ofthe United States therefor, 1schambertherein o en `at its lower end, ahori- Ina'device of the classdescribed a base ed) c portion comprising an outer end designed 'tozontallyarrang ylindrical. ortion between 'the .ends 'of the verticay-arranged rest on asuitable support, a body portion -in portionandnear'the topthereof, and lclined upwardly and inwardly, and an innerl'end @portion rformed with la projection to enwith a small"passagefway.communicatinY with the cy` drical 4chamber a cylindric galge {'.he langeontheou'ter surface of acarw ee block in said cylindrical chamber withits 2. In a devicepf the class d scribed, abase --lovver end projectingbeyond 'the chamber portion comprising l'an outer-end designed to and apacking device at 'its' upperlend, Va'tiibc communicating with thesagesway an 'rest upon a-support,=a bod portion inclined u andinwardlyanvoriiiedwithfnickscrewedinto theihorizont d--cylinon'its-'top surf mensel jdrcal y. ace, Vand anlinner end ponupwardly and inwardly and formedwith j ackrests on its top surface, and an inner end por-l tion formedwith a downward projection to lengage a flange on lthe outer surface ofa car-wheel, and a jack shaped to engage one oi' said jack-rests andalso to engage the under surface of 'a car-axle, oil-box.

4. In a device of the class comprising `a body ativel large Icliani eropen at its lower end and a so with a passa e-way leadi trom said'chamber outward y, and a bloc slidingly mounted in said chamber withits lower 'end rejecting beyond the chamber, a packingv evice -at itsupper end, a tube extended laterally iromsaid body portionandcommiinicatin with said passage-way, a shaft screwe to the other-end'of .the tube a pack# ing thereon within the said tube and passe-w-ay.

5. In a device of t e class described la jack comprising la body portioniormedcomp'lete in one piece land comprising ra verticall rangedcylindrical portion with a cylin 'cal chamber therein openinghgt itslower end, a

be easily removed portion, '-a screw-cap Aenits outer -end `a shaftseated in the screw-cap, a packngon assage-way an v described aj ackportion formed with a reltube and -a liquid in ipo lindrical chamber.

formed one end ofthe shaft, a crank on the other end block, the innerend of saidf base portion ro thereof, a liquid contained within thetube, formed with a downward projection to en` passage-way andcylindrical chamber, in gage the 'flange on the-outer surface of acarcombination with .a base portion formed com- Wheel. w

5 plete 'of a slngle plece of metal with its outerv NORMAN E. FINGH.

end designed to' rest on a stationary support,V CHARLES D. .BROWN p andits central portion inclined upwardly and Witnesses: inwardly and formedwith notches on its top S. B. SNYDER,

designed to receive the pointed end of said ERWIN P. SNYDER.

